I finally ventured out and away from our normal dog park and into my city. I found out that we do in fact have a dog park.

Checkers Dog Park is located at 5411 Eastside Circle in Yorba Linda, CA. The park is open from sunrise to sunset, which seems to be the normal hours for dog parks. They do however close on Wednesdays from 9am – 12pm weekly, at the discretion of the city. This park had received its name from President Richard Nixon’s cocker spaniel whose name was Checkers. The park is fairly new, opening in 2017 and is the first off-leash dog park in the city of Yorba Linda. It is just under a ½ acre in size and open to all sizes of dogs, so beware, there is no separation of small and large dogs.

Amenities:

  • Double entry gate
  • Portable toilet situated outside of the gates
  • 5 benches
  • 1 water station
  • 1 bag dispensing station
  • Immature trees circled by large boulders

The park is all dirt with no grass. The trees do not generate any shade for your pups or humans to cool off. There is no parking lot for the dog park so you must park on the street situated right above and next to the dog park.

Checkers Dog Park may not be in my top 10 but it still serves its purpose of letting our canine companions get some exercise. Our dogs will still be able to go run and play with some new canine friends.

Since there is only one dog park in my city, which I found to be kind of small with no grass or separate areas for large and small dogs, I feel the need to research and talk to the city about how to get another dog park in this city.

How many dog parks does your city have? Please comment below. I look forward to seeing how many parks are in other cities. Thank you for reading.

 

Stay tuned for How to get a Dog Park in your own city.